Fence



(No Model.) v I G. W.; GATES.

FENCE.

Patented Sept. 27, 1881;

1.1V V'EJV TOR WITNESSES Adhww @ameys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GATES, OF INDEPENDENOE,MISSOURI.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,493, datedSeptember 27, 1881.

Application filed August 2,1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GATES, ofIndependence, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and Ido herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. I

I Figure 1 is a side view of my improved fence as it appears whenerected with posts. Fig. 2 is a top view of the fence erectedtemporarily without posts, and Fig. 3 is a view of one of the posts andbases.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like lettersof reference.

This invention relates to that class of fences which are constructed ofseparate portable panels; and it consists in certain improvements in theconstruction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents one of the panels of myimproved fence, which consists of four vertical bars, B 13, connected bytwo or more horizontal rails or planks, 0, between, above, and belowwhich several strands of ordinary barbed wire are stretched, as at D D.I would have it understood that the said barbed-wire strands may bedisposed and arranged in any suitable convenient manner, and that theirnumber may be varied to suit circumstances.

E E are the posts, which are made of wroughtiron or iron tubing or pipe,and provided with sharp cutting-edges F at their lower ends, so as to bereadily driven into the ground.

G G are blocks or. bases, of metal, stone, or cement, havingperforations H, through which the posts may be driven, while the blocksor collars remain upon the surface of or butslightly embedded in theground. The said blocks thus (No model.)

serve to support or maintain the upright or vertical position.

When in practice a permanent fence is to be erected, I connect thevertical end bars of the adjoining panels by triple loops or links I,formed of wire, the central loops embracing the post which has beenpreviously properly adjusted, and the end loops the vertical end bars,B, of the adjoining panels.- I would here state that the said end bars,B, are made somewhat shorter than the intermediate vertical bars,B, inorder that their lower ends may rest upon the bases G, and thus beprotected from decay caused by the moisture in the ground, with whichthey would otherwise come in contact. The fence thus constructed issimple, durable, easily erected, and very strong.

In erecting a portable fence, I place the panels in a zigzag course, andconnect the adjoining vertical bars by single wire loops, as shown. Thisconstruction permits the several panels to be easily folded together,or, if desired, detached from each other and stored away or transportedfrom place to place, as

posts in an occasion shall require.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- As an improvement in fences, thecombination of the posts E, the perforated base-blocks G, and thepanels, constructed as herein described, having vertical end bars, B,shorter than the intermediate ones, so as to rest upon the base-blocksG, and the connecting wire loops 1, as herein described, for the purposeshown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing'as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE w. GATES.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. STALEY, WILLIAM S. FLoUENoY.

